May 28, 2008, 9:18AM

"The USA must close Guantanamo detention camp and secret detention centres, prosecute the detainees under fair trial standards or release them, and unequivocally reject the use of torture and ill-treatment." -- Amnesty International's Report 2008: State of the World's Human Rights. Has anyone forgotten that it was just 10 years ago that the holier than thou among our politicians... Full story »

May 08, 2008, 12:36AM

The horror and misery that inundates the ravaged countryside of Myanmar is being extended by a ruling junta that is proving to be an obstacle to much-needed foreign aid. The cyclone winds that brought devastation to this country are being felt all the way to the Lehigh Valley. Reporter Douglas B. Brill interviewed two local students who have family... Full story »

February 22, 2008, 11:14AM

This is one of those things you can't help chuckling about. A Myanmar magazine is saying Sylvester Stallone's Rambo character looks like a fat lunatic in his new movie. Even though state censors have ordered video shops not to carry the movie because it denigrates the Myanmar army's image, bootleg DVDs of the film are circulating in the country... Full story »

October 05, 2007, 12:26AM

Myanmar's junta leader now says he'll talk with activist Aung San Suu Kyi -- but only under certain conditions. Senior Gen. Than Shwe insists that Suu Kyi stop calling for sanctions and give up urging her countrymen to confront the military regime. Read more here. Full story »